PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Physical type
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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empty ruled staves on grid
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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often
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: red
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Physical type: choirbook
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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